Usually means: Rationalizing actions to defend oneself.
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  1. self-justification: Merriam-Webster
  2. self-justification: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. self-justification, self-justification: Collins English Dictionary
  4. self-justification: Vocabulary.com
  5. self-justification: Wordnik
  6. self-justification: Wiktionary
  7. self-justification: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  8. self-justification: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. self-justification: Dictionary.com
  10. self-justification: Online Etymology Dictionary
  11. Self-justification: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. self-justification: Rhymezone
  13. self-justification: FreeDictionary.org
  14. self-justification: Mnemonic Dictionary
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Definitions from Wiktionary (self-justification)

▸ noun:  Justification of oneself.

Similar:
alibi, excuse, justificationist, justificationism, self, rational egoism, selfism, rational selfishness, self-assertion, self-criticism, more...

Opposite:
self-criticism, self-reflection, self-awareness
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Similar:
alibi, excuse, justificationist, justificationism, self, rational egoism, selfism, rational selfishness, self-assertion, self-criticism, more...

Opposite:
self-criticism, self-reflection, self-awareness



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